Originally Posted By t1lersm0m I'm not considering it, but I was just playing around on the website (I have a Disney hangover and the only thing that will help is to think about Disney). I put in a week in November with park hopper passes at Pop Century with a preferred room location, water park fun and more, and it was like $2600.00. I changed it to the premium package, and the price doubled. Now, a lot of cool things are included in the premium package that are not included in the Magic Your Way plus Dining. You get to go on an unlimited number of tours in the theme parks. You get unlimited use of recreation such as golf, or renting a boat. You can put your kids in the childcare center every night if you want. You get to see Cirque De Soleil. But really, would all of those things add up to a value of $2500? Just curious what others think? If you haven't booked one of these packages, would you consider?
Originally Posted By Coachbagfanatic1 T1, We booked the premium package two years ago and let me tell you, after the third day, we were tired of chasing food reservations. A lot is included in the premium package but we only did about 1/4 of the stuff and it was a tremendous amount of food. We booked the regular dining plan for this upcoming trip. This is just my opinion but I don't think that you can do everything that is included in the premium package and still have time to do all the parks and other stuff. So to me it would not be worth spending that kind of money again.
Originally Posted By Labuda I think if there were about 12 more hours in a day, I'd consider it, but as is - there's just too much offered to be able to get the value out of a premium package, I think.
Originally Posted By t1lersm0m <<T1, We booked the premium package two years ago and let me tell you, after the third day, we were tired of chasing food reservations.>> I felt that way with just 1 TS meal per day on the Disney Dining plan...I couldn't imagine having 3 TS meals a day. <<I think if there were about 12 more hours in a day, I'd consider it, but as is - there's just too much offered to be able to get the value out of a premium package, I think.>> I agree, there aren't enough hours in a day to get your money's worth.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>I'm not considering it<< Aw c'mon... you *can* say it. Repeat after me... "I can't afford it." See? that wasn't that hard now, was it?
Originally Posted By elene Where are the details about the premium plan? I saw that it included all of the tours which sounded good. What else does it include? There were 2 plans that included the tours. Was the other one called platinum or something?
Originally Posted By t1lersm0m I was playing around with figures on WDW's website. There's the Magic Your Way plan, which just includes the park tickets, then there's Magic Your Way plus Dining, and the package I am talking about was after that. It includes three table service meals per day, unlimited use of recreation (such as boats, golf, etc), and your park passes. Here is the link to info on mousesavers.com <a href="http://www.mousesavers.com/mywpremium2007.html" target="_blank">http://www.mousesavers.com/myw premium2007.html</a>
Originally Posted By elene So it sounds like you have to get the food if you get this plan. I can't even come close to eating the food on the dining plan and this would be even MORE food. Does any one ever book something like this for 3 days or so, then move hotels or something and book a normal plan? At least that way I wouldn't gain 10 pounds.
Originally Posted By beamerdog I can't remember the exact year, but we did a similar plan when our kids were mayber 8 and 10 years old. And then a sort of modified plan another year. We had some kind of gold card which gave us a discount. It was quite expensive, but we loved using the food plan which only included sit down restaurants. It worked out really well - a sort of enforced slow down in going thru the vacation. Yes, it was a ton of food and your could order anything on the menu, so the waitstaff loved it when they saw that card hit the table (bigger tip!). We managed to do most of what was offered, but you have to remember that there was no downtown Disney, no Disney Studios, no water parks, and not even half of the resorts to sample their restaurants. Even the Magic Kingdom had no Toon Town, Splash, etc. The only thing that wasn't included was a fishing trip and we did that anyway, lol. Was it "worth" it? As a value comparing cost to cost we made it "worth" it by the meals that we ordered. If you're not into food and watching dollars (as we do on many of our trips) I don't think that it works. Just staying in concierge gives you enough perks. However, it is a premium package because you don't have to think about costs and have tons of choices. If I could afford to do every trip that way, I would. I can't, but I would. Also, for other reasons, I could never keep up the pace or eat enough food, lol.
